رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 941
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- 48
Chapter 15
Chapter context: Haste in Burial
- باب الإسراع بالجنازة
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Original Arabic
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلمى الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلم قال: "أسرعوا بالجنازة، فإن تك صالحة، فخير تقدمونها إليه، وإن تك سوي ذلك، فشر تضعونه عن رقابكم" ((متفق عليه)). ((وفي رواية لمسلم: "فخير تقدمونها عليه)).
Translation
English translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Hurry up with the dead body (for its burial), for if it is pious, you are speeding it to goodness and if it is otherwise, you are laying an evil off your necks." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 941 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 7, The Book of Visiting the Sick, as in-book entry 48 under the chapter “Haste in Burial.”
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